Splurge or Budget? The Best Beauty Products for Your Wedding Day
With affordable and luxe options for each product, these are some of the best ways to ensure your wedding day makeup is glowing.
January 24, 2024
Cover photo by MICHAELA PAIGE at at La Pointe Events.
Brighteners
Splurge: Revea Brightening Booster, $65
Brighten and balance the complexion before applying even a drop of foundation with this booster’s antioxidants, which includes a supercharged, stable form of vitamin C.
Budget: Junoco 2% Caffeine Energizing Serum, $23.90
Junoco’s lightweight concoction of antioxidants and caffeine works like a buttery charm to prep and brighten the skin—and even helps alleviate dark circles.
Junoco 2% Caffeine Energizing Serum
Powder
Splurge: Westmore Beauty 3-In-1 Finishing Powder + Brush, $39 (0.26 oz.)
Westmore Beauty’s lightweight translucent powder and charcoal-infused brush set is a power duo when it comes to finishing makeup; it also blurs texture and controls shine. Plus, rather than settling into creases, the silky powder smooths and all but erases fine lines.
Budget: Milk Makeup Pore Eclipse Matte Translucent Setting Powder, $32 (0.55 oz.)
This talc-free powder (available in four translucent shades) sets makeup to last with no cakiness and visible creases. Oil-absorbing lentil extract keeps shine in check, while niacinamide and bakuchiol even skin tone, smooth texture and minimize pores.
Mascara
Splurge: Lancôme Monsieur Big Waterproof Mascara, $30
Not only does this mascara give lashes a bomb extension-level upgrade, but it also holds that volume, length and most notably, the curl for up to 24 hours.
